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pigboat

noun

a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

• Syn: ↑submarine, ↑sub, ↑U-boat

• Derivationally related forms: ↑submarine (for: ↑submarine)

• Hypernyms: ↑submersible, ↑submersible warship

• Hyponyms: ↑attack submarine, ↑auxiliary research submarine, ↑fleet ballistic missile submarine, ↑nautilus, ↑nuclear submarine, ↑nuclear-powered submarine

• Part Meronyms:

↑conning tower, ↑escape hatch, ↑periscope, ↑snorkel, ↑schnorkel, ↑schnorchel, ↑snorkel breather, ↑breather, ↑sonar, ↑echo sounder, ↑asdic

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

Etymology: pig (I) + boat; from the resemblance of submarines nosed against a tender to suckling pigs

slang : submarine

the boys … who'd been in pigboats — Frederic Wakeman

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/pig"boht'/, n. Older Slang.

a submarine.

[1920-25, Amer.; PIG¹ + BOAT]

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pigˈboat noun (US naval sl)

A submarine

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Main Entry: ↑pig

Useful english dictionary. 2012.